Don's Illustration Blog

First and foremost, thanks to Carol who took this wonderful pictures, and informing me of the traditional puppet wayang up in Ang Mo Kio Ave 10. As of the reason to why there was a Chinese puppet opera and a wild celebration of worshiping the deities that night was unknown to me. I wouldn’t understand  [...]

Even after the gallery show, I have been back to Tiong Bahru now and then just because the estate is very near to where my wife works. However each time when I was there, it felt different all the time. My wife does not like the buildings in Tiong Bahru; she said they look more [...]

My wife bought me a new bag for my birthday, and after we got home from shopping, she was eager to see how the new bag works for what I usually carry around and bring along for my sketching trip. It is the best time to empty out my old bag and lay out the [...]

Revisiting the temple for a quick sketch and watercolor painting within the duration of drinking a cup of coffee. The motivation for revisiting the place is to make more sketches and painting @ Tiong Bahru since those that were made at this location were sold during the gallery show which was a great success. I [...]

Had a sumptuous meal at Sushi Tei… had a great time with my wife shopping and eating at Vivo City… sketched myself happy too. My favorite dish is always Unagi – whether it is Don or Roll… the soup was a little costly but it left a nice warm feeling… Rainbow roll was a must [...]

The advantage of living in a multi-racial country like Singapore is the ability to taste all kinds of food and delicacies from all walks of life and from all the different races living within. One of them which is my favorite is named Putu Piring – a Malay dessert. Just today, I chanced upon one [...]

Everything was worth the time and energy. The turn out for the exhibition was overwhelming. Food was great (though I did not manage to get a bite) and the music has enlivened a sleepy Tiong Bahru. I am both glad and pleased that we have decided to do this – a gallery show of our [...]

It all happened when there was a sketchwalk at Tiong Bahru – this led to many more sketchwalks in the evenings at the same place in preparation for a gallery show organized by White Gallery. We were there this evening to have tea with the gallery owner and to have a preview of the exhibition [...]

That day was a hot day- that’s all i remembered. It was so hot I couldn’t really think. Nevertheless, we got together to sketch under a shady spot, with canned lime drinks and coke to quench our thirst. We laid out our materials and before we could even get started, we saw what each other [...]

The pic said it all. Anyway I did this not long ago, the date was May 22, but only to manage to scan it last night and post it on the blog. Just wanna say sketching has been the link between the world and myself ever since I have started journal sketching and got to [...]